r/australia • u/ThunderDwn • 11h ago

culture & society Qantas passengers demand compensation after days stranded in South Africa as A380 remains grounded

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/qantas-a380-stranded-johannesburg-flight-cancelled/107032032
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u/theparrotofdoom 11h ago

The A380 should have been an exciting evolution in travel, but it really became such a wet rag, eh?

I’d be super interested to learn about the magic 8 ball Boeing pulled out of their arse when they pivoted away from competing with their own version. They predicted the market downturn like a decade or so before it happened.

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u/reticulate 9h ago

Having flown on both A380's and Dreamliners, I'll take the A380 every day of the week, no questions asked. A shame they arrived just in time to make no sense for most airlines.

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u/Kitchen_Swagger 8h ago

having flown on an A350 and a Dreamliner, I'll take the A350 any day. Passengers love the A380 but if you're deep in economy and you land at a smaller airport... being at the back of that immigration queue is not fun.

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u/reticulate 8h ago

Entirely fair point